If you think I'm sexy...

A new phenomenon is burning through the Web in the US. Amihot.com gives users the opportunity to post their mug shot on the site and let others vote them "hot" or "not". ...more

New Mozilla beta sees light of day

A new version of the Mozilla browser is now available - mozilla.org has released Mozilla 1.1 beta. ...more

And also today (08-Feb-2001), for the record...

Here, in brief, are some of the day's other stories. Revenues in recommendations Amazon.com plans to let publishers nominate books for recommendation on its site, rather than its own editors being solely responsible for the process. ...more

iPod has 'hidden' sound recording feature

Apple's new iPods have a hidden sound recording feature that enables you to record through the headphone socket. iPoding.com has discovered that if you enable the devices' Diagnostic Mode - hold MENU and PLAY, and when the Apple logo appears hold down the PREVIOUS, NEXT and CENTRE buttons - you can scroll down using the NEXT button to option J. ...more

University threatens car security by cracking RFID code chip

A team at Johns Hopkins University says it has cracked the security system designed to prevent car theft or buy petrol in the US. The graduate team says that it is able to crack the RFID code chip built into the electronic car key and produce a duplicate it. The chips are produced by Texas Instruments and are claimed to have been instrumental in reducing car theft in the US as the car won't start without the recognising the chip. ...more